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Surgical instruments for spinal disc implants and related methods

US8172848B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SpineMedica, LLC · US

Inventors

Daniel Tomko · Lawrenceville, US
Guilhem Denoziere · Atlanta, US
Stephan Eckhof · Tuttlingen, DE
Barbara Schweizer · Wurmlingen, DE
Alexander Geisser · Geisingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 11, 2008
Grant date	May 8, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/4681
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Trials for spinal surgery include: (a) a trial implant portion having a shape corresponding to an implantable spinal disc implant; (b) a shaft connected to the trial implant portion; and (c) at least one axially extending cutting guide slot attached to the shaft at a position that is axially spaced apart from the trial implant portion, the cutting guide slot configured to releasably slidably receive and guide a cutting blade toward vertebral bone. Also described are additional surgical instruments, including, for example, pilot-hole punches, inserters, and methods of cutting keelways.

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